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THE BC. LUMBER WORKER

LETTERS

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

Gibson Brothers Ltd.
Jeune Landing, B.C.

The regular business meeting
of the sub-local was held on
March 3, Brother J. Lauritzen
was elected chairman, and R.
Gubbe was elected secretary.
Grievance, Press and Safety First
committees were elected. Broth-
ers S, Smith, G. Sawchuck and
R. Gubbe were elected Job’ Stew-
ards. It was M/S/C that a day's
pay be collected from each mem-
ber in the sub-local towards the
fighting fund.

Cedar Logging Co.
Forward Bay, B.C.

Regular monthly meeting held
March 4. A standing vote was
taken in regard to the fighting
fund, Twenty-one stood in favor
and six stood against, a collec-
tion being taken.

Olson Logging Co. Ltd.
Tahsis River, B.C.

‘The first meeting of this sub-
local was held on March 5. Bro-
thers T. Cornett and G, Lynn
were elected President and Secre-
tary respectively. _ Grievance,
Safety and Press Committees
were elected. Brothers T. Cornett,
F. Hallberg, J. Daly and G.
Phelps were elected Job Stew-
ards. Several Grievances were
turned over to the Grievance
Committee to be dealt with.
Pacific Mills Ltd.

Sandspit, B.C.

At the special meeting held
March 3, a total of $202.12 was
collected from the members pres-
ent, Each member donated. Lo-
cal 1-71 wishes to thank the mem-
bership in this camp for this
splendid showing.

Pacific Mills Ltd.
Beaver Cove

The first meeting of this sub-
local was held February 25. Bro-
ther C. Fraser gave a report on
the main points discussed in the
District Convention and Brother
Niels Madsen followed with an
outline of the work ahead to
make our 1946 program a reality.

Local 1-71 Broadcasts

IWA Local 1-71, Vancouver, an-
nuonces that preparation has
been made for the re-broadcast
of the labor lobby held in Vic-
toria February 25 to 27, over the
local Prince Rupert radio sta-
tion, All loggers in the Queen

Charlotte Islands and surround-
ing area are urged to tune in,
Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m.

DAILY FLIGHTS

(Except Sundays)
Prince George
Peace River Country
Yukon and Alaska
TWICE-WEEKLY FLIGHTS

“To East and West Coast

Vancouver Island Points
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Local 1-85 To

Get Broadcast
On New Station

CKAV, Alberni Valley’s radio
station is due to go on the air
April 2nd or thereabouts. At the
present time engineers are in-
stalling all the necessary gadgets,
program directors are working
on programs, and the adverti:
ing manager is signing the po-
tential customers on the dotted
line.

IWA Local 1-85 is proposing to
utilize this medium of expression
to keep the woodworkers news
and views ever before the eyes
and ears of both the general pub-
lic and their membership. A local
1-85 newscast woudl enable these
men in the surrounding camps
who are unable to attend local
meetings to keep thoroughly
posted on what is going on in
the local union. The new radio
service should be of untold value
in advertising special meetings,
social functions, dances, and so
forth.

The local executive will no
doubt, in the near future, endea-
vor to secure a sponsor for a
local 1-85 program. Such a spon-
sor would be assured an adequate
audience for his product such as
few other programs could draw.

Mr. Harold Warren and asso-
ciates are to be congratulated for
bringing this new enterprise to
Port Alberni and the executives
of local 1-85 wish them every suc-
cess in their venture.

Sick And Injured
Show Increase

Local 1-85's sick committeeman,
Jimmy Bruton, when making his
regular visit to the West Coast
General Hospital on March 19th,
found a slight rise in the number
of injured or sick woodworkers,
who are as follows: Frank Pigh-
in, Great Central Mill; Edward
Boylan, Great Central Mill; Wil-
fred Woods, B.S. & W., Camp B.;
John D. Ring, B.S. & W., Camp
B.; Peter Dobie, B.S. & W., Camp
5; Sun Wei, APL Mill; Nikka
Singh, APL Mill; William Beards-
worth, APL Mill, Camp 1; Jack
Carter, APL Mill; Francis Day,
APL Mill; Choy Lap Yum, APL
Mill; Frank Evick, B.S. & W.,
Camp 10; August Burgelman,
Tidewater Lumber Mill; Nick
Seywalt, APL Mill, Camp 1; John
Mathison, BS. & W Mill; G A.
Haimiton, B.S, & W Mill.

Those who have been discharg-
ed from the hospital recently are:
Sam Schwenning, Tebo Sawmill;
Adolph Larson, Great Central
Mill; Roger St- George, Camp 8,
BS. & W.; Doo Kim, Great Cen-

tral Mill; Carl Klint, Camp 8,
BS. & W.
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Camp Comments

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Important Notices

Will Brother E. Anderson
please get in touch with Local
1-71 immediately.

Anyone knowing the where-
abouts of ‘Fred Johan Vernir
Beckman, age 68, native of Fin-
Jand is asked to contact the Sal-
vation Army at 322 Gore Avenue,
Vancouuver. The search for
Beckman is on behalf of his sis-
ter.

Will John Polasek of Clover-
dale, please get in touch with
Local 1-71 at 204 Holden Building,
Vancouver.

O'Brien Bay
Optimistic

To the Editor:

Conditions here are far from
perfect, but a lot of moans and
groans have been eliminated. If
we don’t squawk once in awhile
everyone will think we are satis-
fied. Our pet grievance is the
half-mile trek to the “wee hoose”
on the hillside. We have been
promised that this too will be
eliminated but it is still a cold
seat on a frosty morning. Our
recreation hall is still but a
deram, but here too we have
hopes, as we have just elected a
new grievance committee which
promises action. Our job stew-
ards are doing better than a good
job. By the time this epistle goes
to press we will be 100 per cent.

Brothers. Charlie Fraser and
Nels Madsen paid us a brief visit
last week which we enjoyed im-
mensely. As a whole the feeling
in the camp is very optimistic but
if a crisis does arise we won't be
caught with our pants half mast.

Wishing you all the best for
“Forward in ’46.”
Press Commitee,
O'Brien Log Company,
Camp B,
Stillwater, B.C.

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Plane Picks Injured Logger
From Boat In Hecate Strait

Flagged down in Hecate Straits Thursday %
‘a 15-passenger flying boat operated by Spilsbury and
Prince Rupert to rush @ critically injured

speedboat,
Hepburn turned back to

logger, member of IWA Local 1-71,

Hospital authorities at the
northern port were hopeful late
Thursday that the logger, Gus
Peterson, about 45, would pull
through, though he suffered se-
vere loss of blood.

He was injured at Kelly Log-
ging Camp, Cunshewa, at 9:45
a.m. Thursday and did not reach
Prince Rupert until 6 p.m-

W. J. (Bill) Peters, co-pilot
with R. D. Spilsbury, of the plane,
told the story of the unusual
mercy flight by radio telephone
from Prince Rupert Thursday
night.

HEADING SOUTH

He said the aircraft had drop-
ped passengers at Sandsprit,
Queen Charlotte Islands and was
heading south about 3:30 p.m.
when the speedboat approached
on Hecate Strait, turned sharply
and began to circle.

Setting the Stranraer flying
boat down cautiously in the heavy
seas, Peters arranged a rendez-
vous with the speedboat in a
Sheltered cove 15 miles away be-
cause open straits water was too
rough to transfer the injured

man.
The flying boat took two re-
maining passengers to their des-

Fighting Fund Gets
$505.32 From 55 Men

Local 1-71 is very proud to re-
port that the membership from
International Lumbering Assn.,
have turned in $505.32 towards
our Fighting Fund. This sum was
collected from 55 men, and re-
presents one days’ pay from each.
Such wonderful response is most
gratifying, and should be an in-
centive to all our members to
give their full support to our
1946 program.

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tination, met the speed boat
again at 5 p.m. and made a 50-
minute flight to Prince Rupert.

Peterson underwent surverry
shortly after 6 p.m.

“They told us he would have
died if we hadn't brought him in
by air,” Peters said. “He was
nearly dead when we picked him
up and he was still bleeding.”

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